Geordie boy Steve Watson goes in against his former club Newcastle United tomorrow looking to score for the third time in a row at Goodison Park, writes ALAN OLIVER.

The Everton full-back scored in the 5-0 victory over West Ham and followed up with another goal in the 3-2 victory over Aston Villa - another of his former clubs - last Saturday.

And this prompted another Geordie, Fulham's Lee Clark, to dub Watson a "goal machine" this week.

Everton have had plenty of goal-scoring defenders in the past but the word from Merseyside today was that no full-back has ever scored in three successive home games.

And Everton themselves are looking for their third home win in a row in the Premiership for the first time since the start of the 1999-2000 season.

In his United days, Watson scored one of the most dramatic goals the club has known in the League Cup win at Liverpool but he confesses he is not being carried away by his current l burst of scoring.

He says: "My goal-scoring record has not exactly been prolific in recent seasons but it is hard to judge because I spent the majority of my days at Newcastle in midfield and I even spent a season up front playing alongside Andy Cole.

"I was in double figures in those days but my last three seasons have not been great. These days you do not see many full backs in an orthodox back-four scoring goals.

"As far as last Saturday's effort against Aston Villa was concerned it is the kind of goal that anyone could have scored. It was just about being in the right place at the right time."

The right time as far as Everton are concerned at Goodison Park these days is just after half-time.

For almost half of Everton's 15 home Premiership goals this season have come in the 20-minute spell after the interval.

Adds Watson (pictured below): "It is starting to click for us and we are playing with confidence and this has helped me to get forward."